Understanding development and proficiency in writing : quantitative corpus linguistic approaches /

"This is a book about how written language develops in English. In particular, it is about what one particular methodology - quantitative corpus linguistics (QCL) - can (and can't) tell us about such development. We conceptualize writing development as occurring along two main axes: time a...

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Main Authors: Durrant, Philip, 1976- (Author), Brenchley, Mark, 1981- (Author), McCallum, Lee, 1989- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, [2021]
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Summary:"This is a book about how written language develops in English. In particular, it is about what one particular methodology - quantitative corpus linguistics (QCL) - can (and can't) tell us about such development. We conceptualize writing development as occurring along two main axes: time and quality. Development across time is exemplified by the texts reproduced in Figure 1.1. These were both written by school children in England: one by a 7-year old child in Year 2 of their education; the other by a 16-year old child in Year 11"--
Physical Description:ix, 243 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781108477628
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